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Women march marking International Women's Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 8, 2019. Marches and protests were held Friday across the globe to mark International Women's Day under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. The day, sponsored by the United Nations since 1975, celebrates women's achievements and aims to further their rights. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela, leaps on to a vehicle to speak to supporters as he visits different points of anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The U.S. has led an international effort to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro and replace him with Guaido, who vows to hold a new presidential election. Guaido is backed by some 50 countries, while Maduro maintains support from countries such as China, Russia and Cuba. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

People collect water gushing from a leaking pipeline along the banks of the Guaire River amid the country's worst-ever power outage, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, March 11, 2019. The blackout intensified the toxic political climate, with opposition leader Juan Guaido blaming alleged government corruption and mismanagement and President Nicolas Maduro accusing his U.S.-backed adversary of sabotaging the national grid. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Trina Parry, 83, sporting a headlight headlamp, joins a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. A massive blackout that left millions of Venezuelans without power for four days has triggered one persistent question: How could a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves go dark? (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Boca Juniors' Yamila Rodriguez, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring in the Superliga women's soccer tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday, March 9, 2019. The women competed in one of Argentina's most famous stadiums on Saturday, a milestone for the female players who are fighting for the same rights as male soccer players in the country's most popular sport. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Pumas goalkeeper Miguel Fraga watches as a scoring attempt by Dorados is intercepted by teammate Alan Mendoza, in their Copa MX quarterfinal match at the Olympic University Stadium in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Pumas won 3-0 drawing them one step closer to the trophy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In this undated photo released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, scuba divers explore the Hoyo Negro underwater cave in Tulum, Mexico. According to INAH, a skeleton almost 13,000 years old, of a prehistoric young woman was found at the cave, making it the oldest and most complete found in the Americas. (Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History via AP)

Thelma Aldana, representing the Seed Movement Party, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference regarding her presidential nomination, in Guatemala City, on Sunday, March 10, 2019. The sixty-three-year-old was Guatemala's top prosecutor from 2014 to 2018. During that time, she jailed then-President Otto Perez Molina and most of his Cabinet on corruption charges. Perez Molina resigned in 2015. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Damaged belongings, spoiled food and soaked furniture are piled up in the street to be taken away after flooding in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, March 11, 2019. According to The Sao Paulo state fire department, heavy rains caused the deaths of at least 11 people in and around Brazil's largest city, including a 1-year-old baby. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazilian actor Jose de Abreu poses for a photo with fans after arriving at the international airport for his "inauguration ceremony" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 8, 2019. Taking the lead from Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido, Abreu, 72, proclaimed himself as Brazil's new president in a Twitter post that he tweeted in late February. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sits next to an assistant as he travels in economy class aboard a commercial flight from Guadalajara to Mexico City, on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Lopez Obrador has answered more questions from the press, flown in more economy-class flights, posed for more selfies with admiring citizens and visited more genuinely risky areas with little or no security than several combined decades of his predecessors. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A fleet of funeral vans transport the bodies of the people who were killed in a school shooting at the Raul Brasil State School in Suzano, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Two masked former students armed with guns, knives, axes and crossbows descended on the school Wednesday, killing five students and two adults before taking their own lives, authorities said. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A relative mourns 15-year-old Caio Oliveira, a victim of a mass shooting at the Raul Brasil State School, in Suzano, Brazil, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Classmates, friends and families began saying goodbye on Thursday, with thousands attending a wake in the Sao Paulo suburb while authorities worked to understand what drove two former students to attack the school with a gun, crossbows and small axes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean

Women march marking International Women's Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 8, 2019. Marches and protests were held Friday across the globe to mark International Women's Day under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. The day, sponsored by the United Nations since 1975, celebrates women's achievements and aims to further their rights. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Silvia Izquierdo

National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela, leaps on to a vehicle to speak to supporters as he visits different points of anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The U.S. has led an international effort to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro and replace him with Guaido, who vows to hold a new presidential election. Guaido is backed by some 50 countries, while Maduro maintains support from countries such as China, Russia and Cuba. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Eduardo Verdugo

People collect water gushing from a leaking pipeline along the banks of the Guaire River amid the country's worst-ever power outage, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, March 11, 2019. The blackout intensified the toxic political climate, with opposition leader Juan Guaido blaming alleged government corruption and mismanagement and President Nicolas Maduro accusing his U.S.-backed adversary of sabotaging the national grid. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Fernando Llano

Trina Parry, 83, sporting a headlight headlamp, joins a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. A massive blackout that left millions of Venezuelans without power for four days has triggered one persistent question: How could a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves go dark? (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Ariana Cubillos

Boca Juniors' Yamila Rodriguez, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring in the Superliga women's soccer tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday, March 9, 2019. The women competed in one of Argentina's most famous stadiums on Saturday, a milestone for the female players who are fighting for the same rights as male soccer players in the country's most popular sport. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Natacha Pisarenko

Pumas goalkeeper Miguel Fraga watches as a scoring attempt by Dorados is intercepted by teammate Alan Mendoza, in their Copa MX quarterfinal match at the Olympic University Stadium in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Pumas won 3-0 drawing them one step closer to the trophy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Rebecca Blackwell

In this undated photo released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, INAH, scuba divers explore the Hoyo Negro underwater cave in Tulum, Mexico. According to INAH, a skeleton almost 13,000 years old, of a prehistoric young woman was found at the cave, making it the oldest and most complete found in the Americas. (Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History via AP)

HOGP

Thelma Aldana, representing the Seed Movement Party, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference regarding her presidential nomination, in Guatemala City, on Sunday, March 10, 2019. The sixty-three-year-old was Guatemala's top prosecutor from 2014 to 2018. During that time, she jailed then-President Otto Perez Molina and most of his Cabinet on corruption charges. Perez Molina resigned in 2015. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Oliver de Ros

Damaged belongings, spoiled food and soaked furniture are piled up in the street to be taken away after flooding in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, March 11, 2019. According to The Sao Paulo state fire department, heavy rains caused the deaths of at least 11 people in and around Brazil's largest city, including a 1-year-old baby. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Andre Penner

Brazilian actor Jose de Abreu poses for a photo with fans after arriving at the international airport for his "inauguration ceremony" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, March 8, 2019. Taking the lead from Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido, Abreu, 72, proclaimed himself as Brazil's new president in a Twitter post that he tweeted in late February. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Leo Correa

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sits next to an assistant as he travels in economy class aboard a commercial flight from Guadalajara to Mexico City, on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Lopez Obrador has answered more questions from the press, flown in more economy-class flights, posed for more selfies with admiring citizens and visited more genuinely risky areas with little or no security than several combined decades of his predecessors. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Marco Ugarte

A fleet of funeral vans transport the bodies of the people who were killed in a school shooting at the Raul Brasil State School in Suzano, Brazil, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Two masked former students armed with guns, knives, axes and crossbows descended on the school Wednesday, killing five students and two adults before taking their own lives, authorities said. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Andre Penner

A relative mourns 15-year-old Caio Oliveira, a victim of a mass shooting at the Raul Brasil State School, in Suzano, Brazil, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Classmates, friends and families began saying goodbye on Thursday, with thousands attending a wake in the Sao Paulo suburb while authorities worked to understand what drove two former students to attack the school with a gun, crossbows and small axes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guadio pressed his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro amid power outages that spread across the country.

Mexican, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador celebrated his first 100 days in office with high approval rating in polls and an ambitious agenda to improve the lot of most Mexicans.

Experts announced that the skeleton of a teenage girl found by scuba divers exploring the Hoyo Negro underwater cave in southern Mexico had been determined to be almost 13,000 years old, making it the oldest and most complete found in the Americas.

In Brazil, people mourned five students and two adults who were killed in an attack on a school in the Sao Paulo suburb of Suzano. Heavy rains in that region earlier caused 11 deaths in and around Brazil's largest city, including a 1-year-old baby.

Thelma Aldana, who was Guatemala's top prosecutor in 2014-2018 and jailed then-President Otto Perez Molina and most of his Cabinet on corruption charges, announced that she is running for president.

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The Superliga women's tournament teams of Boca Juniors and Lanus competed in La Argentina's Bombonera stadium, a milestone for female players who are fighting for the same rights as male soccer players in the country's most popular sport.

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